Nelson, Scott split on Trump's pull out of Iran deal

TALLAHASSEE – President Donald Trump’s decision Tuesday to withdraw from an agreement with Iran designed to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons is the latest flashpoint in the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Bill Nelson and Gov. Rick Scott.

The agreement was reached in 2015 by the Obama administration, and included France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia and China. It called for Iran to limit its nuclear program and for the United States to life some economic sanctions against Iran.

Trump’s decision drew condemnation from Nelson and praise from Scott.

“We need to put more pressure on Iran with additional economic sanctions to stop them from developing their ICBM missiles. But pulling out of this deal now is a tragic mistake,” Nelson said. “It will divide us from our European allies and it will allow Iran to build a nuclear bomb within a year, instead of preventing it for at least 7 to 12 years.”

Scott, though, said it is “naïve to think that the same people who chant ‘death to America’ and vow to destroy the entire state of Israel will be honest and play by the rules.”

“The President made the right move today by scrapping the Iran Deal and re-imposing sanctions against the Iranian regime. The deal has done very little to stop Iran from staying on the path of developing a nuclear regime,” Scott added.

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